January Weight Loss Challenge, part deux
 

Wow! Look at us over-running the 500 posts limit in less than a month!

Continue tracking and chatting here!

Goodness! I re-started, opened a new browser, etc before i realized the thread was closed! copy/paste/update below!

:newyear:
I'd like to play! Let's see what I can get done in January!
Daily Weight and Weekly Averages

Wed 01 Jan: DW 219.0 WA 218.57
Thu 02 Jan: DW 218.0 WA 218.86
Fri 03 Jan: DW 216.5 WA 218.57
Sat 04 Jan: DW 215.5 WA 218.20
Sun 05 Jan: DW 216.5 WA 217.71
Mon 06 Jan: DW 217.0 WA 217.60
Tue 07 Jan: DW 216.5 WA 217.00
Wed 08 Jan: DW 216.0 WA 216.60
Thu 09 Jan: DW 216.5 WA 216.40
Fri 10 Jan: DW 216.5 WA 216.40
Sat 11 Jan: DW 213.5 WA 216.10
Sun 12 Jan: DW 215.0 WA 215.86
Mon 13 Jan: DW 217.0 WA 215.86
Tue 14 Jan: DW 214.5 WA 215.57
Wed 15 Jan: DW 216.0 WA 215.57
Thu 16 Jan: DW 215.0 WA 215.36
Fri 17 Jan: DW 214.0 WA 215.00
Sat 18 Jan: DW 213.5 WA 215.00
Sun 19 Jan: DW 213.5 WA 214.79
Mon 20 Jan: DW 215.5 WA 214.60
Tue 21 Jan: DW 215.5 WA 214.70
Wed 22 Jan: DW 213.0 WA 214.30
Thu 23 Jan: DW 212.5 WA 213.90
Fri 24 Jan: DW 211.0 WA 213.50
Sat 25 Jan: DW 210.5 WA 213.10
Sun 26 Jan: DW 211.0 WA 212.71
Mon 27 Jan: DW 213.0 WA 212.36
Tue 28 Jan: DW 212.5 WA 211.93
Wed 29 Jan: DW 213.0 WA 211.93
Thu 30 Jan: DW 211.5 WA 211.79
Fri 31 Jan: DW 211.0 WA 211.79

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WOW

will post later, but WOW

B F R

Sw:290
Cw: 265
Gw: 267

1/1 - 271
1/6 - 266
1/13 -268
1/20 -265
1/27 - 265
1/31 -

Yep, looks like I've surpassed my goal weight for the month. Yippie!!!!!!!!

January 1, 2014 246
January Goal 5 pounds, 241

SW 246
CW 245 1/27/14
GW 241

I don't think I will make it, but I'm staying accountable.

SW 152.4
GW 147.4

31: 152.2
01: 152.4
02: 151.6
03: 149.4
04: 149.4
05: 149.6
06: 149.8
07: 150.6
08: No w/i
09: 149.6 TOM
10: 146.4
11: 146.4
12: 146.4
13: NO W/I
14: NO W/I
15: NO W/I
16: 150.6
17: 147.4
18: 146.6
19: 148.4
20: 149.2
21: 145.2
22: 145.8
23: 144.2
24: 144.2
25: 144.4
26: 143.8
27: 144.4
28: 141.8
29: 141.8
30: 147.0 No idea why such a gain.....
31: 147.0 :(

SW: 277.4
CW: 268.2 :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:
GW: 270

I did it! I wasn't so sure because TOM had a hold on me for real but I drink and drink and drink water and it finally released! :D

Keep up the good work everyone!

Sw - 159
1/13 - 162
1/14 - 159.6
1/15 - 159.4
1/16 - 158.1
1/17 - 158.3
1/18 - 158.4
1/19 - 158.4
1/20 - 162.5
1/21 - 161.8
1/22 - 159.8
1/23 - 159.6
1/24 - 159.9
1/25 - 157.3 WHOOSH!!!!
1/26 - DNW
1/27 - 157.1
GW - 153
Yippee!!! I made it to a Monday and didn't gain over the weekend!!! I worked out Friday after work, took Saturday off and went out with my hubby. Had drinks, but stayed good with the food, and then drank my weight in water...GLUG, GLUG, GLUG!!! Then I worked out again Sunday. It worked...Now, how much can I lose in the next couple of days???

Way to go on the 500 posts!!! We are such a good group!:grouphug:

boatingmommy- WHOOOO HOOO!!! Awesome work!! :D

January 19 - 165.0
January 20 - nw
January 21 - nw
January 22 - 166.8
January 23 - 165.4
January 24 - 165.4
January 25 - 164.8
January 26 - 164.8
January 27 - DNW
January 28 -
January 29 -
January 30 -
January 31 -
February 1 -

Updated Goal for February: 163

Goal 1/31 = 220
1/20 = 223.1
1/27 = 220.4

I think I can, I think I can!

Wow, you girls posted a lot since I last looked! I had lots to catch up on. I just check whenever I can. So I won't be quite as frequent. But the loss is happening and this months goal is almost in sight!

Love, ya'll!

A shiny new thread already!!

Didn’t have the biggest loss this week, a slightly measly 0.7lbs was all the scale showed me today, but I’m clawing my way into those 190s and still going down so I’m going to try to look on the positive side, plus it’s my TOM which can mess things up too.

Hope y’all had a great weekend!

Well I'm sort-of stuck again. Weight loss has slowed dramatically, which I knew it would eventually. I had hoped to make it at least halfway to goal before slowing down. But at least I know what to do.

I am adding more dietary fat and reducing my protein intake.

Yep, you read that right!

I am pretty sure I have been eating too much protein and not enough fat, which is a very low-carb concept. Adding more fat is a REALLY hard idea to adjust to. But I have been trying it out for a few days and I am already seeing results: my blood sugar has come down and my blood ketones have gone up (though they are still not in the optimal zone).

Now I'll just have to wait and see how the weight loss # looks at tomorrow's weigh-in.

ok here we go!!!
 

For I think the first time ever on here, I've made goal for the month!!!!!


Jan. 1: 260
1/2: 259
1/3: 257
1/4: 256
1/5: 256
1/6: 256
1/7: 256
1/8: 255
1/9: 253
1/10: 254 what?!?
1/11: 253
1/12: 254
1/13: 254
1/14: DNW
1/15: 256
1/16: 255
1/17: 254
1/18: 253 yay!
1/19: 254
1/20: 256
1/21: 254
1/22: 251
1/23: 251
1/24: 253 WTH? maybe it's sodium or...maybe it's TOM coming....
1/25: 253
1/26: 251
1/27: 250!!! GOAL!!!
1/28:
1/29:
1/30:
1/31:

Great job everyone, :congrat: NightAngel!!

I'll keep checking in, but I have no scale here, I thought there would be one in the fitness room, yeesh, scale withdrawal, thank goodness for MFP and 3FC, I might take this as an opportunity to go off the rails, dang...

Best to all :sunny:

Wow, 500 posts! Just like the good old days! Love it! I'm sorry I haven't been contributing to it much in the last week! Everyone is doing so great! My weight is doing a crazy up-for-no-reason thing! I gained 4.5 lbs in two days! First I didn't lose my cheat day weight last week like I usually do, and then I gained that 4.5 lbs. 2.5 of it was from this past cheat day and that's okay, but I don't know where the other 2 lbs came from! Some of you know I have the Slow Carb Diet thread and I've posted about it there. Anyway, I am up to 173 today. And I came so close to goal too at 167.5! Oh well! I'm not giving up! The Whoosh Fairy might surprise me, lol! :angel:

SW: 172
GW: 167
CW: 173

1/1: 172
1/2: 172
1/2: 171.5
1/4: 171 Cheat Day
1/5: 172
1/6: 170.5
1/7: 169
1/8: 169
1/9: 169.5
1/10: 169
1/11: 170 Cheat Day
1/12: 171.5
1/13: 170.5
1/14: 169
1/15: 168.5
1/16: 168
1/17: 167.5
1/18: 168 Cheat Day
1/19: 170.5
1/20: 170
1/21: 171
1/22: 170
1/23: 169.5
1/24: 169
1/25: 171
1/26: 173.5
1/27: 173


Congrats Darius, Rhiko, 183, Imabehot, StilettoLife, Watchoutforthatcar, and NightAngel for making goal!!! Fantastic!!! :carrot: :broc: :cb:

AAD, RunRideRepeat, Susan, Rsadler, dCapulet, Minneey, TrayTeam, and Ajlee, y'all are so close! Give it all you've got now! On to goal! You can do it! :cheer:

Kelijpa, you have been right there! This week I know you can do it! Go for goal! :cheer2:

Nichelle, :welcome: Good to have you! Congrats on the 7-lb loss! :goodluck:

Joy, thank you for the Part 2 thread! :hug:

Boating, way to go having such a good weekend! Go for goal! :dance:

Vix, good drop! Keep going! :flow1:

Pixikat, I hope that set point releases soon! :yes:

Shr1nk1ngme, good job making the fat/protein adjustment! I think that's going to work out really well for you! And great job on the blood sugar levels! :cp:

Jenny, a .7 loss with TOM is wonderful! Great job! :carrot:

Sum, you're amazing! Go for those 10 lbs! :woohoo:

JazzyPeggy, there's still hope! Give it your best! :flow2:

BFR, I second your sentiment! :D

SeeMyFeet, what a great month you've had! Keep going! :high:

Turtle, I hope the Whoosh Fairy gets her magic wand out for you this week! :crossed:

Woodstock, I hope you got through the rest of the weekend okay! :cheers:

current weight 155 = -3 in January (goal is -4)

Great to see how well everyone is doing :carrot:

204.6
Running late for work but didn't want to forget my number for today.

Whoosh!!! Thank you Whoosh Fairy!

SW 152.4
GW 147.4

31: 152.2
01: 152.4
02: 151.6
03: 149.4
04: 149.4
05: 149.6
06: 149.8
07: 150.6
08: No w/i
09: 149.6 TOM
10: 146.4
11: 146.4
12: 146.4
13: NO W/I
14: NO W/I
15: NO W/I
16: 150.6
17: 147.4
18: 146.6
19: 148.4
20: 149.2
21: 145.2
22: 145.8
23: 144.2
24: 144.2
25: 144.4
26: 143.8
27: 144.4
28: 141.8

Wow - can't believe we hit 500 posts. We have so many people with great dedication this month. Love it!!!

SW (Dec 31) 145.6
GW: 140.6

Jan 1: 145.6
Jan 2: 148.4 !
Jan 3: 148.0
Jan 4: 146.4
Jan 5: 146.2
Jan 6: 145.8
Jan 7: 146.6
Jan 8: 147.8
Jan 9: 146.0
Jan 10: 145.6
Jan 11: 146.4
Jan 12: 145.8
Jan 13: 146.6
Jan 14: 145.2
Jan 15: 144.4
Jan 16: 145.2
Jan 17: 145.6
Jan 18: 145.8
Jan 19: 145.8
Jan 20: 144.8
Jan 21: 144.6
Jan 22: 146.0
Jan 23: 144.8
Jan 24: 145.2
Jan 25: 144.8
Jan 26: 144.6
Jan 27: 144.0
Jan 28: 143.6

The month's not over yet, JacquiD!!!

Way to go stilettolife, NightAngel26, and watchoutforthatcar!

Who else met their January goal?

Rsadler126: 6 lbs (Onederland!)
boatingmommy: 6 lbs
kelijpa: 4.9 lbs
Sum38: 5 lbs
183StGB: 2.7 kgs
shr1nk1ngme: 10 lbs
nickadee: 10 lbs
SouthernBell02: 6.2 lbs
Kilketay: 5 lbs
allyp: 7 lbs
SeeMyFeet:
stilettolife: 4 lbs
workinglikeadog: 4 lbs
marymo: 4.4 lbs
Big_Fat_Rooster: 8 lbs
designchick88: 7 lbs
finale: Onederland
NightAngel26: 10 lbs
gardenerjoy: 1 lb
susan1975: 202
Turtle11: 5 lbs
pnkrckpixikat: 5 lbs
Jacqui_D: 5 lbs
kris2008: 1500 calories each day
Woodstock: 7 lbs
vix: 10.5 lbs
jennybutler357: Onederland!
ajlee33: 7 lbs
delosmuertos44: 10 lbs
onebyone: 5 lbs
darius: 10 lbs
Alhamdulillah: 5 lbs
nitrus29: Onederland!
watchoutforthatcar: 10 lbs
teati: 6 lbs
lemc87: 5 lbs
Kaitie9399: 4 lbs
Rhiko: get to 63kgs
TrayTeam: 8 lbs
dcapulet: 6 lbs
lisa4621: 5 lbs
SharShar1: 7 lbs
finale: 16 lbs
freckfrecks: 16 lbs
Joyfulme: Stick to the IP diet
vicki1: 15 lbs
cincorn: 5.2 lbs
Minneey: 5 lbs
imabehot: get to 188 lbs
gypsylthr: 3 lbs
kalikat003: 6.6 lbs (starting 1-14)
xRiotGirl: 4.6 lbs (starting 1-15)
RideRunRepeat: 6 lbs (starting 1-19)
AAD: 3.1 lbs (starting 1-20)

Yeah! Down another .8 to 156.4 today!

I think the higher fat/lower protein/light exercise combination is working. This morning my blood ketones tested at their highest yet (1.6 - FINALLY in the optimal range!) and my glucose was 89. Perfect! I am looking forward to my second UpDay with higher fat. I bought some really high quality full-fat cheeses and a block of Kerrygold butter. Drinking my bulletproof coffee right now. http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/im...yummy_2011.gif

BTW I have something to say about Kerrygold butter. As a long-time vegetarian, I have noticed that these days, (cheap, factory-farm produced) butter tastes like beef fat and not like a dairy product. Well, yesterday I had my first taste of Kerrygold butter and I have to say, it tastes like I remember butter tasting when I was a kid. Back when cows were raised on real farms and got to roam around in grassy fields.
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/im...p_joy_2011.gif
From the Kerrygold package: "In Ireland cows graze on the green pastures of small family farms. This milk is then churned to make Kerrygold butter."

I say YES to this farming model and I will gladly pay the difference. I wish our local farmers would also do this.

I'm happy to be down 1.5 today! :cp: I hope it keeps going! :yes:

SW: 172
GW: 167
CW: 171.5

1/1: 172
1/2: 172
1/2: 171.5
1/4: 171 Cheat Day
1/5: 172
1/6: 170.5
1/7: 169
1/8: 169
1/9: 169.5
1/10: 169
1/11: 170 Cheat Day
1/12: 171.5
1/13: 170.5
1/14: 169
1/15: 168.5
1/16: 168
1/17: 167.5
1/18: 168 Cheat Day
1/19: 170.5
1/20: 170
1/21: 171
1/22: 170
1/23: 169.5
1/24: 169
1/25: 171
1/26: 173.5
1/27: 173
1/28: 171.5

Sum, yay!!! I am so happy to see you have such a wonderful month!!! :celebrate:

Turtle, woohoo on the new low! :trampo:

C'mon Diana! One more lb! You can do it! :cheer3:

Sh1nk1ngme, way to go! Keep going! :broc:

SeeMyFeet, so true, lol! :spin:

Susan, just a little bump up, but you're still so close! Be sure to drink enough water! :cheers: Good job posting! :cp:

Sw - 159
1/13 - 162
1/14 - 159.6
1/15 - 159.4
1/16 - 158.1
1/17 - 158.3
1/18 - 158.4
1/19 - 158.4
1/20 - 162.5
1/21 - 161.8
1/22 - 159.8
1/23 - 159.6
1/24 - 159.9
1/25 - 157.3 WHOOSH!!!!
1/26 - DNW
1/27 - 157.1
1/28 - 157.3
GW - 153
Just got done doing a hour workout. Thinking about how to modify my chicken enchilada recipe so I can enjoy some for dinner, too.

Hope everyone is having a great day/night!!!

Jan 1: 208.4
Jan 2: 210.0
Jan 3: 210.0
Jan 4: 209.2
Jan 5: 210.0
Jan 6: 211.4
Jan 7: ???.?
Jan 8: 209.2
Jan 9: 209.0
Jan 10: 208.2
11
12
13
Jan 14: 207.8
Jan 15: 207.6
16
17
18
Jan 19: 202.0
Jan 20: 202.8
21
Jan 22: 204.4
23
Jan 24: 204.0
25
Jan 26: 203.4
27
Jan 28: 204.6

SW 152.4
GW 147.4

31: 152.2
01: 152.4
02: 151.6
03: 149.4
04: 149.4
05: 149.6
06: 149.8
07: 150.6
08: No w/i
09: 149.6 TOM
10: 146.4
11: 146.4
12: 146.4
13: NO W/I
14: NO W/I
15: NO W/I
16: 150.6
17: 147.4
18: 146.6
19: 148.4
20: 149.2
21: 145.2
22: 145.8
23: 144.2
24: 144.2
25: 144.4
26: 143.8
27: 144.4
28: 141.8
29: 141.8

Woohoo new low !!

SW (Dec 31) 145.6
GW: 140.6

Jan 1: 145.6
Jan 2: 148.4 !
Jan 3: 148.0
Jan 4: 146.4
Jan 5: 146.2
Jan 6: 145.8
Jan 7: 146.6
Jan 8: 147.8
Jan 9: 146.0
Jan 10: 145.6
Jan 11: 146.4
Jan 12: 145.8
Jan 13: 146.6
Jan 14: 145.2
Jan 15: 144.4
Jan 16: 145.2
Jan 17: 145.6
Jan 18: 145.8
Jan 19: 145.8
Jan 20: 144.8
Jan 21: 144.6
Jan 22: 146.0
Jan 23: 144.8
Jan 24: 145.2
Jan 25: 144.8
Jan 26: 144.6
Jan 27: 144.0
Jan 28: 143.6
Jan 29: 142.4

1/13 - 162
1/14 - 159.6
1/15 - 159.4
1/16 - 158.1
1/17 - 158.3
1/18 - 158.4
1/19 - 158.4
1/20 - 162.5
1/21 - 161.8
1/22 - 159.8
1/23 - 159.6
1/24 - 159.9
1/25 - 157.3 Whoosh!!!!
1/26 - Dnw
1/27 - 157.1
1/28 - 157.3
1/29 - 157.3
Gw - 153

shr1nk1ngme: I get pasture-raised butter at Whole Foods. The brand is Organic Valley.
It's from Wisconsin, so it may be only available in the Midwest. According to Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, fat from animals that ate green stuff has healthier ratios of subcomponents than from factory-raised animals.

When is the last weigh in day, Jan 31 or Feb 1? I am trying not to obsess with the scale so I am not doing another weigh in until the last possible minute of this challenge. I am getting to stressed out with the ups and downs, lol.

OK, weigh in day again :D I have missed the last two... so I guess I have a bit of explaining to do. First off, my weight is about the same as my last weigh in, but 1 1/2 pounds higher. That is scale weight.

Something a few of you said, and I specifically recall Jacqui talking about the unhealthy weight loss of that "Biggest Losers" program, of which I have never seen but get the gist of... that they put scale weight loss ahead of health. I realized that it was better health that I was after but had sidetracked into thinking it was just getting rid of fat. Well, I switched slightly and my priority now is on health. I have/had a tremendous amount of fat and most of my muscles had atrophied. My excuse was just age... I am 73, and hurting joints mainly from arthritis.

I tried walking and that was going fine, got up to 3 1/2 miles per day, then the knees did not want to cooperate anymore.

I read on an arthritis site that one could do exercises to work the peripheral muscles around a joint and increase the strength of the joint muscles to the point they can be exercised some again. I found that true, using some very light hand weights.... 3 lbs each. I did the max I could with them, going until I could not, then switching to a diff exercise with them and repeating. Some four weeks later here I am up to using 7 lb and 12 lb hand weights for max times I can. To my surprise, I started putting on muscle tissue, my upper body has put on over 10 lbs of muscle while slimming down at the same time. So it seems I have traded about 9 lbs of fat for 10 lbs of muscle. I call that a very good trade, and intend to continue on for another week or two before I go back to just getting rid of fat weight.

So, long story short, I have a net gain for this month rather than a drop in weight. And I am quite OK with it. 1 1/2 lbs up is not a bad trade off at all, my way of thinking.

I feel way better, but the down side is my clothes keep getting larger. And the solution to that is rather expensive...........

B F R

PS I can't help but looking over some of the stats on some of you. I see Turtle with her 5' 5" @ 142 lbs.......... and compare that to Marilyn Monroe @ 144 lbs and same height. And I betcha Turtle is healthier, more compact and has a much better mental disposition than Marilyn did what with all that exercise she does. And about the same with Sum and a few others :D

I used to fly a lot. And in learning to fly, it was not controlling the airplane that was difficult. Nope, that was easy. The hard part was in learning all the technical things about flying, such as how the altimeter, air speed indicator, magnetic compass worked. Notice that the air-speed was an indicator, not like in a car, a speed-o-meter.. speedometer. When we looked at our speed indicator in a plane, we had to adjust for the angle of climb, for the temperature, for the altitude and calculate in those numbers to get our true airspeed. Then if that were not enough, to get how fast we were traveling over the ground we had to process in the wind-speed and the wind direction and add/subtract how that affected us.

In this weight loss thing, our scales are like the speed indicator of a plane. It is not a fat-o-meter, it is a total of it all weight thing. It is fat we want to lose and the scales DO NOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH FAT YOU LOST. Nor gained. To gain one lb of fat, one must eat 3500 calories above the amount needed to maintain the body, which though varies for each of us, is about 14 to 16 calories per pound of body weight. So a 200 lb person needs about 2800 to 3200 calories to maintain. To gain one lb of fat, they must eat, digest and take in from 6300 to 6700 calories in order to put on one lb of fat. How many of you can do that in a day?? Not me. So thinking that because you pigged out over a weekend and ate that pie, soft drinks, big helping of mexican food and three big helpings of spaghetti and put on 5 lbs of fat........... No way Jose !!!

You may put on 10 lbs of scale weight, which will be water, but no way will you put on even 4 lbs of fat in a weekend. The scale weight will usually be due to the body processing the carbohydrates, which requires a lot of h20 for our body (which is really a chemical processing plant) to process the carbs. And sodium......... those salty pretzels and popcorn, and the huge amount of sodium contained in some processed foods.......... They retain a LOT of water until it is processed out of the body by the kidneys and excreted as urine.

So calm down a bit, don't get excited when the scales indicate to you that the body is processing some carbs or sodium, or in the case of our ladies, that awful gent Tom loads them up with a few extra lbs at that time..........

Don't let those scales get to ya :) They are just indicators. Make a few little mental calculations and take it easy. What the scales read at the beginning and end of the month are what count.

Look at Turtle........... she patiently puts down the daily weight and says nothing while some watching it get a little edgy but her ups and downs. But at the end of the month, she always has her loss :D

Great work Turtle !!

hello
 

kelijpa thanks! and yes it is weird not to have a scale in a fitness room but I guess some don't buy into scale logic lol!!

jaqui d yeah don't give up! I've seen the slow carb doet give major whoosh at random times...just stick w it!!! :hug:

susan1975 checking in is good good for you for being accountable!

sum38 whooo!! still kicking scale butt!! good job! :lucky:

turtle11 nice job keep it up!!! :carrot:

Rhiko, watchoutforthatcar, darius, stilettolife....good job on goals!!! :encore::encore::celebrate::celebrate::celebrate:

shr1nk1ngme yeah I'm going to get ketone testing strips...the doofy lady at the pharmacy store told m the box I found on the shelf was from the druggist section and I couldn't buy them over the counter...I was mad.... I know you can, they're just test strips...but that box was too much anyway, I only want some to start to see if I do it... so I'll go to Wal-Mart.... how often do you test? I too am finding higher fat does better, feels counter productive!

boatingmommy: how did the chicken enchiladas go? what would you have to modify?

susan1975 keep trying!! You've come so far! ;)

big fat rooster Glad to see you're building muscle, it is confusing when muscle weighs more than fat although the other up side to that is that muscle, from my research helps burn fat....more muscle better burn rate..something like that? so you might find when you want to burn fat you'll have a better go maybe? Well anyway, it's wonderful you're strengthening muscles, it's not hard for them to go south without use...many small muscle groups go by the wayside even when we think we're exercising....for instance, my knees are bad...part of that is due to weak muscles behind and around my knee, the exercise the therapist recommended had to do with pulling yourself across the floor on a lil rolly stool with your heels only.....among others...but that one was the most tolerable....amazing how easy it is not to use some muscles you'd think walking or something would suffice....anywho, sorry I am rambling...good job!! :carrot::carrot:

BFR, awesome post!!! :cp:

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*TMI warning!!!!* Ok figured some of you might appreciate the warning.... anyway, looks good on the scale so far.... TOM came this morning, lil late.... I dunno what that will say for my weight, usually I lost right before and I sorta did but hadn't seen too much of a rise before, not like usual.... but then might not be usual for a while. I dunno. Anyway, still doing good.

Those who use ketone strips... people have been saying deep purple is dehydration, do you agree? I am always under my water...I need to do better. I will be getting those on Friday... anything else useful as a tool for low carb, high protein?? is the blood or breathe meter worth it or better than strips?

Jan. 1: 260
1/2: 259
1/3: 257
1/4: 256
1/5: 256
1/6: 256
1/7: 256
1/8: 255
1/9: 253
1/10: 254 what?!?
1/11: 253
1/12: 254
1/13: 254
1/14: DNW
1/15: 256
1/16: 255
1/17: 254
1/18: 253 yay!
1/19: 254
1/20: 256
1/21: 254
1/22: 251
1/23: 251
1/24: 253 WTH? maybe it's sodium or...maybe it's TOM coming....
1/25: 253
1/26: 251
1/27: 250!!! GOAL!!!
1/28: 250
1/29:249
1/30:
1/31:

Met my first 2 goals now on to a new one for January 2014!
SW 288
CW 239.4
GW 235

Jan 2 239.4
Jan 8 240.2 I will get it back next weigh in! Im very determined!!
Jan 15 237.6
Jan 22 237.4 TOM
Jan 29 235.8 Yay!!
I never made my goal this month..shoot! I guess is i weigh in again on last day of month there may be a slight chance im very close:)

Everyone is doing so great!! I am very motivated by seeing everyones wonderful progress.

Susan1975 Keep at it girl! You will do it!! :)

January 19 - 165.0
January 20 - nw
January 21 - nw
January 22 - 166.8
January 23 - 165.4
January 24 - 165.4
January 25 - 164.8
January 26 - 164.8
January 27 - DNW
January 28 - 165.7
January 29 - 165.7
January 30 -
January 31 -
February 1 -

I just don't know what's up with me. Doing everything right. TOM is late and I've been stressed over exams...I just don't know. :*(

Anyway, CONGRATS for all of you reaching your goals or continuing your path toward it!!! :D

No weigh in this morning
Been rough past few hours. Been stuck in car over 18 hours. I live in Birmingham alabama. So when I got my first meal to eat this morning. I ate a lot. Worried to weigh in. But I dint care because I'm alive and healthy after being stuck in the storm

Just back from my family trip and haven't caught up on the NEW thread yet (!!) - sure I've missed lots of people turning red at the end if the month (not TOM but reaching goals)! I love this bit of the month!

I've weighed in today to see the damage from five days of indulgence. I exercised like crazy whilst I was away, so am only up two lbs. might manage to shift it by Friday if I'm lucky, but no goal for me this month. Roll on Feb!!

Start Weight - 141
Goal Weight - 136

Jan 6 - 141
Jan 7 - 142
Jan 8 - 141
Jan 9 - DNW
Jan 10 - 141 (just)
Jan 11 - DNW
Jan 12- DNW
Jan 13 - DNW
Jan 14 - 141
Jan 15 - 140
Jan 16 - DNW
Jan 17 - 138
Jan 18 - DNW
Jan 19 - DNW
Jan 20 - 139
Jan 21 - 138
Jan 22 - 137
Jan 23 - 137
Jan 24 -137
Jan 25 - 139
Jan 26 - 139
Jan 27 - DNW
Jan 28 - DNW
Jan 29 - 139